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Authors: Thomas Merton
ISBN-13: 9781590301432, ISBN-10: 1590301439
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Date Published: March 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton (1915–1968) was a Trappist monk, spiritual director, political activist, social critic, and one of the most-read spiritual writers of the twentieth century. He is the author of many books, including The Seven Storey Mountain.

Book Synopsis

Classic writings from the great Zen master in exquisite versions by Thomas Merton, in a new edition with a preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

	A Note to the Reader	9
	The Way of Chuang Tzu
1.	A Study of Chuang Tzu	13
2.	Readings from Chuang Tzu	33
	The Useless Tree	35
	A Hat Salesman and a Capable Ruler	37
	The Breath of Nature	38
	Great Knowledge	40
	The Pivot	42
	Three in the Morning	44
	Cutting Up an Ox	45
	The Man With One Foot and the Marsh Pheasant	48
	The Fasting of the Heart	50
	Three Friends	54
	Lao Tzu's Wake	56
	Confucius and the Madman	58
	The True Man	60
	Metamorphosis	62
	Man Is Born in Tao	65
	Two Kings and No-Form	66
	Cracking the Safe	67
	Leaving Things Alone	70
	The Kingly Man	72
	How Deep Is Tao!	73
	The Lost Pearl	74
	In My End Is My Beginning	75
	When Life Was Full There Was No History	76
	When a Hideous Man ...	77
	The Five Enemies	78
	Action and Non-Action	80
	Duke Hwan and the Wheelwright	82
	Autumn Floods	84
	Great and Small	87
	The Man of Tao	91
	The Turtle	93
	Owl and Phoenix	95
	The Joy of Fishes	97
	Perfect Joy	99
	Symphony for a Sea Bird	103
	Wholeness	105
	The Need to Win	107
	The Sacrificial Swine	108
	The Fighting Cock	109
	The Woodcarver	110
	When the Shoe Fits	112
	The Empty Boat	114
	The Flight of Lin Hui	116
	When Knowledge Went North	118
	The Importance of Being Toothless	121
	Where Is Tao?	123
	Starlight and Non-Being	125
	Keng Sang Chu	126
	Keng's Disciple	128
	The Tower of the Spirit	134
	The Inner Law	136
	Apologies	138
	Advising the Prince	139
	Active Life	141
	Monkey Mountain	143
	Good Fortune	144
	Flight From Benevolence	147
	Tao	150
	The Useless	153
	Means and Ends	154
	Flight From the Shadow	155
	Chuang Tzu's Funeral	156
	Glossary	157
	Bibliography	158
	Notes	159

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